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7 U.S.C. § 79a — Weighing authority
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**(a) Official weighing in accordance with prescribed regulations** The Secretary shall cause official weighing under standards or procedures provided for in [section 76 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section76&num=0&edition=prelim) to be made of all grain required to be officially weighed as provided in [section 77 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section77&num=0&edition=prelim), in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.
**(b) Official weighing or supervision of weighing at grain elevators, warehouses, or other storage or handling facilities located other than at export elevators at export port locations** The Secretary is authorized to cause official weighing or supervision of weighing under standards or procedures provided in [section 76 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section76&num=0&edition=prelim) to be performed at any grain elevator, warehouse, or other storage or handling facility located other than at export elevators at export port locations at which official inspection is provided pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, in such manner as the Secretary deems appropriate and under such regulations as the Secretary may provide.
**(c) Personnel performing official weighing or supervision of weighing at locations at which official inspection is provided**
(1) With respect to official weighing or supervision of weighing for locations at which official inspection is provided by the Secretary, the Secretary shall cause such official weighing or supervision of weighing to be performed by official inspection personnel employed by the Secretary.
(2) With respect to official weighing or
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**(a) Official weighing in accordance with prescribed regulations** The Secretary shall cause official weighing under standards or procedures provided for in [section 76 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section76&num=0&edition=prelim) to be made of all grain required to be officially weighed as provided in [section 77 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section77&num=0&edition=prelim), in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.
**(b) Official weighing or supervision of weighing at grain elevators, warehouses, or other storage or handling facilities located other than at export elevators at export port locations** The Secretary is authorized to cause official weighing or supervision of weighing under standards or procedures provided in [section 76 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section76&num=0&edition=prelim) to be performed at any grain elevator, warehouse, or other storage or handling facility located other than at export elevators at export port locations at which official inspection is provided pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, in such manner as the Secretary deems appropriate and under such regulations as the Secretary may provide.
**(c) Personnel performing official weighing or supervision of weighing at locations at which official inspection is provided**
(1) With respect to official weighing or supervision of weighing for locations at which official inspection is provided by the Secretary, the Secretary shall cause such official weighing or supervision of weighing to be performed by official inspection personnel employed by the Secretary.
(2) With respect to official weighing or supervision of weighing for any location at which official inspection is provided other than by the Secretary, the Secretary is authorized, with respect to export port locations, to delegate authority to perform official weighing or supervision of weighing to the State agency providing official inspection service at such location, and with respect to any other location, to designate the agency or person providing official inspection service at such location to perform official weighing or supervision of weighing, if such agency or person qualifies for a delegation of authority or designation under [section 79 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section79&num=0&edition=prelim), except that where the term “official inspection” is used in such section it shall be deemed to refer to “official weighing” or “supervision of weighing” under this section. If such agency or person is not available to perform such weighing services, or the Secretary determines that such agency or person is not qualified to perform such weighing services, then (A) at export port locations official weighing or supervision of weighing shall be performed by official inspection personnel employed by the Secretary, and (B) at any other location, the Secretary is authorized to cause official weighing or supervision of weighing to be performed by official inspection personnel employed by the Secretary or designate any State or local governmental agency, or any person to perform official weighing or supervision of weighing, if such agency or person meets the same criteria that agencies must meet to be designated to perform official inspection as set out in [section 79 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section79&num=0&edition=prelim), except that where the term “official inspection” is used in such section it shall be deemed to refer to “official weighing” or “supervision of weighing” under this section. Delegations and designations made pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the same provisions for delegations and designations set forth in subsections (e) and (g) of [section 79 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section79&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Official weighing in Canadian ports** The Secretary is authorized to cause official weighing under this chapter to be made, as provided in subsection (a) of [section 77 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section77&num=0&edition=prelim), in Canadian ports of United States export grain transshipped through Canada; and pursuant thereto the Secretary is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Canadian Government for such official weighing. All or specified functions of such weighing shall be performed by official inspection personnel employed by the Secretary or, except for appeals, by persons operating under a contract with the Secretary or as otherwise provided by agreement with the Canadian Government.
**(e) Official weighing or supervision of weighing upon request of operators of grain elevators, warehouses, or other storage or handling facilities** The Secretary is further authorized to cause official weighing or supervision of weighing under standards or procedures provided for in [section 76 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section76&num=0&edition=prelim) to be made at grain elevators, warehouses, or other storage or handling facilities not subject to subsection (a) or (b) of this section, upon request of the operator of such grain elevator, warehouse, or other storage or handling facility and in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.
**(f) Demonstrated willingness of operators of grain elevators, warehouses, or other storage or handling facilities to meet equipment and personnel requirements** No official weighing or supervision of weighing shall be provided for the purposes of this chapter at any grain elevator, warehouse, or other storage or handling facility until such time as the operator of the facility has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the operator (1) has and will maintain, in good order, suitable grain-handling equipment and accurate scales for all weighing of grain at the facility, in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary; (2) will permit only competent persons with a reputation for honesty and integrity and who are approved by the Secretary to operate the scales and to handle grain in connection with weighing of the grain, in accordance with this chapter; (3) when weighing is to be done by persons other than official inspection personnel, will require such persons to operate the scales in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary and to require that each lot of grain for delivery from any railroad car, truck, barge, vessel, or other means of conveyance at the facility is entirely removed from such means of conveyance and delivered to the scales without avoidable waste or loss, and each lot of grain weighed at the elevator for shipment from the facility is entirely delivered to the means of conveyance for which intended, and without avoidable waste or loss, in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary; (4) will provide all assistance needed by the Secretary for making any inspection or examination and carrying out other functions at the facility pursuant to this chapter; and (5) will comply with all other requirements of this chapter and the regulations hereunder.
**(g) Official certificates as evidence** Official certificates setting out the results of official weighing or supervision of weighing, issued and not cancelled under this chapter, shall be received by all officers and all courts of the United States as prima facie evidence of the truth of the facts stated therein.
**(h) Weighing prohibited when not in accordance with prescribed procedures** No State or local governmental agency or person shall weigh or state in any document the weight of grain determined at a location where official weighing is required to be performed as provided for in this section except in accordance with the procedures prescribed pursuant to this section.
**(i) Unauthorized weighing prohibited**
(1) **In general** — No State or local governmental agency or person other than an authorized employee of the Secretary shall perform official weighing or supervision of weighing for the purposes of this chapter except in accordance with the provisions of an unsuspended and unrevoked delegation of authority or designation by the Secretary as provided in this section or as otherwise provided in [section 79(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section79/i&num=0&edition=prelim) and subsection (d).
(2) **Geographic boundaries for official agencies**
(A) *In general* — Subject to subparagraph (B), not more than one designated official agency referred to in paragraph (1) or State agency delegated authority pursuant to subsection (c)(2) to carry out the weighing provisions of this chapter shall be operative at the same time in any geographic area defined by the Secretary.
(B) *Exceptions* — If the Secretary determines that the presence of more than one designated official agency in the same geographic area will not undermine the policy stated in [section 74 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section74&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall allow a designated official agency to cross boundary lines to carry out weighing in another geographic area if—
(i) the current designated official agency for that geographic area is unable to provide weighing services in a timely manner;
(ii) a person requesting weighing services in that geographic area has not been receiving official weighing services from the current designated official agency for that geographic area; or
(iii) the current official agency for that geographic area agrees in writing with the adjacent official agency to waive the current geographic area restriction at the request of the applicant for service.
(C) *Restoration of certain exceptions*
(i) *Definition of eligible grain handling facility* — In this subparagraph, the term “eligible grain handling facility” means a grain handling facility that—
(I) was granted an exception under the final rule entitled “Exceptions to Geographic Areas for Official Agencies Under the USGSA” (68 Fed. Reg. 19137 (April 18, 2003)); and
(II) had that exception revoked between September 30, 2015 and December 20, 2018.
(ii) *Restoration of exceptions* — Within 90 days of notification from an eligible grain handling facility, the Secretary shall restore an exception described in clause (i)(I) with an official agency if—
(I) the eligible grain handling facility and the former excepted official agency agree to restore that exception; and
(II) the eligible grain handling facility notifies the Secretary of the preferred date for restoration of the exception within 90 days of December 20, 2018.
**(j) Authority under United States Warehouse Act not limited** The provisions of this section shall not limit any authority vested in the Secretary under the United States Warehouse Act (39 Stat. 486, as amended; [7 U.S.C. 241](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section241&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
**(k) Access to elevators, warehouses, or their storage or handling facilities** The representatives of the Secretary shall be afforded access to any elevator, warehouse, or other storage or handling facility from which grain is delivered for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce or to which grain is delivered from shipment in interstate or foreign commerce and all facilities therein for weighing grain.
**(l) Fees**
(1) **Weighing fees.—**
(A) *In general.—* — The Secretary shall, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, charge and collect reasonable fees to cover the estimated costs to the Secretary incident to the performance of the functions provided for under this section except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(B) *Amount of fees.—* — The fees authorized by this paragraph shall, as nearly as practicable, cover the costs of the Secretary incident to performance of its 11 So in original. Probably should be “the Secretary’s”. functions related to weighing, including administrative and supervisory costs directly related thereto.
(C) *Use of fees.—* — Fees described in this paragraph shall be deposited into the fund created in [section 79(j) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section79/j&num=0&edition=prelim).
(D) *Export tonnage fees.—* — For an official weighing at an export facility performed by the Secretary, the portion of the fees based on export tonnage shall be based on the rolling 5-year average of export tonnage volumes.
(2) Each agency to which authority has been delegated under this section and each agency or other person which has been designated to perform functions related to weighing under this section shall pay to the Secretary fees in such amount as the Secretary determines fair and reasonable and as will cover the costs incurred by the Secretary relating to supervision of the agency personnel and supervision by the Secretary of the Secretary’s field office personnel incurred as a result of the functions performed by such agencies, except costs incurred under sections 79(g)(3), 85, 86, and 87c of this title. The fees shall be payable after the services are performed at such times as specified by the Secretary and shall be deposited in the fund created in [section 79(j) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section79/j&num=0&edition=prelim). Failure to pay the fee within thirty days after it is due shall result in automatic termination of the delegation or designation, which shall be reinstated upon payment, within such period as specified by the Secretary, of the fee currently due plus interest and any further expenses incurred by the Secretary because of such termination. The interest rate on overdue fees shall be as prescribed by the Secretary, but not less than the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturity, plus an additional charge of not to exceed 1 per centum per annum as determined by the Secretary, and adjusted to the nearest one-eighth of 1 per centum.
(3) **Adjustment of fees.—** — In order to maintain an operating reserve of not less than 3 and not more than 6 months, the Secretary shall adjust the fees described in paragraphs (1) and (2) not less frequently than annually.
(4) The authority provided to the Secretary by paragraph (1) and the duties imposed by paragraph (2) on agencies and other persons described in such paragraph shall expire on September 30, 2025. After that date, the Secretary shall, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, charge and collect reasonable fees to cover the estimated costs of official weighing and supervision of weighing except when the official weighing or supervision of weighing is performed by a designated official agency or by a State under a delegation of authority. The fees authorized by this paragraph shall, as nearly as practicable, cover the costs of the Secretary incident to its performance of official weighing and supervision of weighing services in the United States and on United States grain in Canadian ports, excluding administrative and supervisory costs. The fees authorized by this paragraph shall be deposited into a fund which shall be available without fiscal year limitation for the expenses of the Secretary incident to providing services under this chapter.
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**(a) Grain required to be officially inspected** The Secretary is authorized to cause official inspection under the standards provided for in [section 76 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section76&num=0&edition=prelim) to be made of all grain required to be officially inspected as provided in [section 77 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section77&num=0&edition=prelim), in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.
**(b) Inspections made pursuant to request of interested persons** The Secretary is further authorized, upon request of any interested person, and under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, to cause official inspection to be made with respect to any grain whether by official sample, submitted sample, or otherwise within the United States under standards provided for in [section 76 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section76&num=0&edition=prelim), or, upon request of the interested person, under other criteria approved by the Secretary for determining the kind, class, quality, or condition of grain, or other facts relating to grain, whenever in the judgment of the Secretary providing such service will effectuate any of the objectives stated in [section 74 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section74&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Reinspections and appeals; cancellation of superseded certificates; sale of samples** The regulations prescribed by the Secretary under this chapter shall include provisions for reinspections and appeal inspections; cancellation and surrender of certificates superseded by reinspections and appeal inspections
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The powers conferred under this chapter shall not be used to discourage the production of supplies of foods and fibers sufficient to maintain normal domestic human consumption as determined by the Secretary from the records of domestic human consumption in the years 1920 to 1929, inclusive, taking into consideration increased population quantities of any commodity that were forced into domestic consumption by decline in exports during such period, current trends in domestic consumption and exports of particular commodities, and the quantities of substitutes available for domestic consumption within any general class of food commodities. In carrying out the purposes of this chapter it shall be the duty of the Secretary to give due regard to the maintenance of a continuous and stable supply of agricultural commodities from domestic production adequate to meet consumer demand at prices fair to both producers and consumers.
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**(a) Official samples and certificates; waiver; excepted grains** Whenever standards or procedures are effective under [section 76 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section76&num=0&edition=prelim) for any grain—
(1) no person shall ship from the United States to any place outside thereof any lot of such grain, unless such lot is officially weighed and officially inspected in accordance with such standards or procedures, and unless a valid official certificate showing the official grade designation and certified weight of the lot of grain has been provided by official inspection personnel and is promptly furnished by the shipper, or the agent of the shipper, to the consignee with the bill of lading or other shipping documents covering the shipment: Provided, That the Secretary shall waive the foregoing requirement in emergency or other circumstances that would not impair the objectives of this chapter whenever the parties to a contract for such shipment mutually agree to the waiver and documentation of such agreement is provided to the Secretary prior to shipment: Provided further, That the Secretary shall waive the requirement for official inspection whenever the parties to a contract for such shipment of a lot of grain (which is not sold, offered for sale, or consigned for sale by grade) from the United States to any place outside thereof mutually agree under the contract to ship such lot of grain without official inspection being performed and a copy of the contract is furnished to the Secretary prior to shipment;
(2) except as the Secretary may provide in emergency or other circumstances which would not impair the objectives of this chapter, all other grain transferred out of and all grain transferred into an export
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In this chapter:
(1) **Agricultural product** — The term “agricultural product” means an agricultural commodity, as determined by the Secretary, including a processed product of an agricultural commodity.
(2) **Approval** — The term “approval” means the consent provided by the Secretary for a person to engage in an activity authorized by this chapter.
(3) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of Agriculture.
(4) **Electronic document** — The term “electronic document” means a document that is generated, sent, received, or stored by electronic, optical, or similar means, including electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex, or telecopy.
(5) **Electronic receipt** — The term “electronic receipt” means a receipt that is authorized by the Secretary to be issued or transmitted under this chapter in the form of an electronic document.
(6) **Holder** — The term “holder” means a person that has possession in fact or by operation of law of a receipt or any electronic document.
(7) **Person** — The term “person” means—
(A) a person (as defined in [section 1 of title 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title1-section1&num=0&edition=prelim));
(B) a State; and
(C) a political subdivision of a State.
(8) **Receipt** — The term “receipt” means a warehouse receipt issued in accordance with this chapter, including an electronic receipt.
(9) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(10) **Warehouse** — The term “warehouse” means a structure or other approved storage facility, as determined by the Secretary, in which any agricultural product may be stored or handled for the purposes of interstate or foreign commerce.
(11) **Warehouse operator** — The term “warehouse ope
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**(a) Authority of Secretary** The Secretary is authorized to investigate the handling, weighing, grading, and transportation of grain and to fix and establish (1) standards of kind, class, quality, and condition for corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, flaxseed, sorghum, soybeans, mixed grain, and such other grains as in the judgment of the Secretary the usages of the trade may warrant and permit, and (2) standards or procedures for accurate weighing and weight certification and controls, including safeguards over equipment calibration and maintenance, for grain shipped in interstate or foreign commerce; and the Secretary is authorized to amend or revoke such standards or procedures whenever the necessities of the trade may require.
**(b) Notice and opportunity for comment; standards regarding cleanliness of grain**
(1) Before establishing, amending, or revoking any standards under this chapter, the Secretary shall publish notice of the proposals and give interested persons opportunity to submit data, views, and arguments thereon and, upon request, an opportunity to present data, views, and arguments orally in an informal manner. No standards established or amendments or revocations of standards under this chapter shall become effective less than one calendar year after promulgation thereof, unless in the judgment of the Secretary, the public health, interest, or safety require that they become effective sooner.
(2)
(A)
(i) If the Secretary determines that the establishment or amendment of standards regarding cleanliness conditions of wheat, corn, barley, sorghum and soybeans that meet the requirements for grade number 3 or better (as set forth in subparagraph (B)) would—
(I) enhance the competitiveness of exports of wheat, corn, barley, sorghum and soybea
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**(a)** Grain is an essential source of the world’s total supply of human food and animal feed and is merchandised in interstate and foreign commerce. It is declared to be the policy of the Congress, for the promotion and protection of such commerce in the interests of producers, merchandisers, warehousemen, processors, and consumers of grain, and the general welfare of the people of the United States, to provide for the establishment of official United States standards for grain, to promote the uniform application thereof by official inspection personnel, to provide for an official inspection system for grain, and to regulate the weighing and the certification of the weight of grain shipped in interstate or foreign commerce in the manner hereinafter provided; with the objectives that grain may be marketed in an orderly and timely manner and that trading in grain may be facilitated. It is hereby found that all grain and other articles and transactions in grain regulated under this chapter are either in interstate or foreign commerce or substantially affect such commerce and that regulation thereof as provided in this chapter is necessary to prevent or eliminate burdens on such commerce and to regulate effectively such commerce.
**(b)** It is also declared to be the policy of Congress—
(1) to promote the marketing of grain of high quality to both domestic and foreign buyers;
(2) that the primary objective of the official United States standards for grain is to certify the quality of grain as accurately as practicable; and
(3) that official United States standards for grain shall—
(A) define uniform and accepted descriptive terms to facilitate trade in grain;
(B) provide information to aid in determining grain storability;
(C) offer users of such standards th
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When used in this chapter, except where the context requires otherwise—
**(a)** the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or delegates of the Secretary;
**(b)** the term “Department of Agriculture” means the United States Department of Agriculture;
**(c)** the term “person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business entity;
**(d)** the term “United States” means the States (including Puerto Rico) and the territories and possessions of the United States (including the District of Columbia);
**(e)** the term “State” means any one of the States (including Puerto Rico) or territories or possessions of the United States (including the District of Columbia);
**(f)** the term “interstate or foreign commerce” means commerce from any State to or through any other State, or to or through any foreign country;
**(g)** the term “grain” means corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, flaxseed, sorghum, soybeans, mixed grain, and any other food grains, feed grains, and oilseeds for which standards are established under [section 76 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section76&num=0&edition=prelim);
**(h)** the term “export grain” means grain for shipment from the United States to any place outside thereof;
**(i)** the term “official inspection” means the determination (by original inspection, and when requested, reinspection and appeal inspection) and the certification, by official inspection personnel of the kind, class, quality, or condition of grain, under standards provided for in this chapter, or the condition of vessels and other carriers or receptacles for the transportation of grain insofar as it may affect the quality or condition of such grain; or other facts
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**(a) Prohibition with respect to persons licensed or authorized by Secretary to perform official functions** No person licensed or authorized by the Secretary to perform any official function under this chapter, or employed by the Secretary in otherwise carrying out any of the provisions of this chapter, shall, during the term of such license, authorization, or employment, (a) be financially interested (directly or otherwise) in any business entity owning or operating any grain elevator or warehouse or engaged in the merchandising of grain, or (b) be in the employment of, or accept gratuities from, any such entity, or (c) be engaged in any other kind of activity specified by regulation of the Secretary as involving a conflict of interest: Provided, however, That the Secretary may license qualified employees of any grain elevators or warehouses to perform official sampling functions, under such conditions as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe, and the Secretary may by regulation provide such other exceptions to the restrictions of this section as the Secretary determines are consistent with the purposes of this chapter.
**(b) Prohibition with respect to personnel of official or State agencies and business or governmental entities related to such agencies; substantial stockholder; use of official inspection service; authority delegation; report to Congressional committees**
(1) No official agency or a State agency delegated authority under this chapter, or any member, director, officer, or employee thereof, and no business or governmental entity related to any such agency, shall be employed in or otherwise engaged in, or directly or indirectly have any stock or other financial interest in, any business involving the commercial transportation, storage, merchandis
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 229c
Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, which comprises this
chapter.
§ 229c. Separability
If any provision of this chapter or the applica-
tion thereof to any person or circumstances is
held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the
chapter and of the application of such provision
to other persons and circumstances shall not be
affected thereby.
(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, § 417, formerly
§ 408, 42 Stat. 169; renumbered § 411, Pub. L.
94–410, § 5, Sept. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1250; renum-
bered § 415, Pub. L. 100–173, § 9(1), Nov. 23, 1987,
101 Stat. 919; renumbered § 416, Pub. L. 106–472,
title III, § 312(e)(1), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2077; re-
numbered
§ 417,
Pub.
L.
110–234,
title
XI,
§ 11004(a)(1), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1355, and Pub.
L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XI, § 11004(a)(1), June 18,
2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2117.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 both renumbered
this section as section 417 of act Aug. 15, 1921. Pub. L.
110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246 ef-
fective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L.
110–234.
Section was formerly classified to section 229 of this
title.
SUBCHAPTER VI—CHARGE FOR
INSPECTION
§ 231. Omitted
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section, act July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 689, was
from the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act,
1943, and provided for fees for inspection of brands ap-
pearing upon livestock. See section 217a of this title.
Similar provisions were contained in the following
prior appropriation acts:
July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 432.
June 25, 1940, ch. 421, 54 Stat. 557.
June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I, 53 Stat. 970.
June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I, 52 Stat. 721.
June 29, 1937
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 79a
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1977 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–113 effective Oct. 1, 1977,
see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as a note
under section 1307 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 94–582 effective 30 days after
Oct. 21, 1976, see section 27 of Pub. L. 94–582, as amend-
ed, set out as a note under section 74 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 90–487,
see section 2 of Pub. L. 90–487, set out as a note under
section 78 of this title.
INVESTIGATIONS
AND
STUDIES
OF
GRAIN
INSPECTION
AND WEIGHING IN INTERIOR OF UNITED STATES; COM-
PLETION OF STUDIES AND SUBMISSION OF REPORTS BY
MAY 20, 1979, AND NOV. 20, 1979, RESPECTIVELY
Pub. L. 94–582, § 8(b), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2874, as
amended by Pub. L. 95–113, title XVI, §§ 1605(a), 1607(a),
Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1029, 1031, which directed the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service,
the Director of the Office of Investigation of the United
States Department of Agriculture, and the Comptroller
General of the United States to severally conduct in-
vestigations into and study grain inspection and weigh-
ing in the interior of the United States, and required
the Administrator and Director to submit reports to
Congress not later than 30 months after Oct. 21, 1976,
and the Comptroller General to submit a report not
later than three years after Oct. 21, 1976, was repealed
by Pub. L. 106–472, title I, § 110(a)(2), Nov. 9, 2000, 114
Stat. 2060.
§ 79a. Weighing authority
(a) Official weighing in accordance with pre-
scribed regulations
The Secretary shall cause official weighing
under standards or procedures provided for in
section 76 of this title to be m
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